a gathering of friends

if ever you should find yourself lost
in a place abandoned by Light and Time
direct thy feet around and run!
for this is a place Shadow rules in its prime

but ever you fail this warning
a small house you'll find yonder there
which echoes with dark light and strange laughter
enter not, you'll find a worse fare

there my old friends gather and meet
and it never starts without me
because they know i will always return
so there they'll sit and wait expectantly

old friends cloaked in silver and blue
with inviting faces coos and call
with soft cold hands outstretched
ever old friends through the rise and fall

"come, sit, stay and never leave"
spoke dear Emptiness in his deep hollow voice
while Sorrow and Ache were quick to concur
guess i didn't really have a choice

so i sat between Bitterness and Dream
while sweet Calliope served tea; earl grey
and the longer i sat, the more i couldn't leave
perhaps...this time it's just better to stay